"He actually coaches my 15-year-old on one of the bigger teams and I've never seen him that way," said Thigpen, who described Cruce as a "normal guy."

"As a coach, he's a good person," she added. "It does kind of scare me because we heard of his record and some things...we did not know."

She said she and her husband both had to clear extensive background checks necessary for her to become a team mom and for him to become a coach.

"These are supposed to be people that are supposed to be influencing our children and we can't even get a background check right? We can't hire people that treat our children with respect?" she wondered.